The Incredible Complexity of Healthcare Costs

Book Description

This Element is an excerpt from
Overhauling America's Healthcare Machine: Stop the Bleeding and
Save Trillions (9780132173254) by Douglas A. Perednia.
Available in print and digital formats.

Uncovering the heart of the U.S. healthcare
crisis: spiraling, out-of-control complexity

The U.S. healthcare system has become
absurdly complex. There is no inherent reason that it has to be,
nor did anyone consciously design it that way. Let’s be
clear: Excessive complexity is a corrosive force in society and
human interactions. Social and business systems that become too
complex are inefficient, difficult and expensive to maintain, and
prone to corruption…